Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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Delays and administrative issues in Peru’s April 12 presidential election have amplified calls for the resignation of Piero Corvetto, head of the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE). With 93.3% of ballots tallied, conservative Keiko Fujimori leads with 17%, while Roberto Sanchez and Rafael Lopez Aliaga are locked in a narrow contest for s…
Myanmar’s de facto authorities have shortened the prison sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi by one-sixth and issued pardons to thousands of inmates, including former president Win Myint, state media reported. The move, announced as part of an amnesty approved by President Min Aung Hlaing, leaves unresolved whether the Nobel laureate will be moved to hous…
A senior career prosecutor from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami has been taken off the criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan. The probe, which is examining whether Brennan made false statements in 2023 congressional testimony about the intelligence community's finding on Russian interference in the 2016 election, continue…
Hassan Abu Khalil, who had returned to Lebanon to be with extended family, lost 13 relatives when a strike hit their building in Tyre late on Thursday, minutes before a U.S.-brokered truce between Lebanon and Israel was due to begin. Rescue teams later recovered 13 bodies, treated 35 wounded and reported 15 people unaccounted for. Lebanon’s health …
A former Tufts University student who faced detention and deportation proceedings after U.S. authorities revoked her student visa has reached a settlement with the government and returned to Turkey. The accord resolves appeals and other legal actions that followed her arrest and release from immigration custody.
President Donald Trump declared that the United States has prohibited Israel from continuing bombardment of Lebanon, asserting that a U.S. deal with Iran is not linked to the Lebanon situation. The announcement came amid a newly implemented Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, ongoing U.S. naval enforcement against Iran, and continued Israeli troop positions …
A plane carrying migrants deported from the United States arrived in Kinshasa in the early hours of Friday, according to airport sources, a migrant and legal counsel. The group, composed of nationals from Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, completed a long multi-stop journey and were granted short-term visas on arrival as questions remain over how many pe…
U.S. and Iranian negotiators are reported to be working on a three-page proposal under which roughly $20 billion in frozen Iranian assets could be released in return for Iran surrendering its enriched uranium stockpile. The talks center on the disposition of nearly 2,000 kilograms of enriched uranium held in underground facilities, including about …
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced he will travel to Caracas on April 24 to pursue a meeting with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez. The trip follows an earlier, planned meeting at a Colombian border town that did not occur because of security precautions. Petro made the announcement during an interview on Spanish public broadc…
On the southern shore of Cuba where U.S.-trained exiles landed on April 17, 1961, survivors and residents recall the defeat of the invasion and express enduring pride. At the same time, many younger locals face severe economic hardship, frequent blackouts and a wave of emigration that has thinned the ranks of potential recruits. Recent threats of U…
Israel and Lebanon agreed to a U.S.-backed cessation of hostilities on April 16 intended to buy time for negotiations. The text preserves Israeli rights to act in self-defense and asks Lebanon, with international help, to take meaningful steps to prevent Hezbollah attacks. Crucially, the agreement does not compel Israeli withdrawal from positions i…
During a four-nation visit to Africa, Pope Leo has adopted a markedly firmer public stance, denouncing war, inequality and violations of international law in language that has provoked repeated attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump. Observers say the change marks a deliberate decision by the pope to use his global platform more pointedly after a…
After a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel took effect, some people displaced by the recent fighting began to return to inspect their homes. Significant destruction was evident in Hezbollah-controlled areas around Beirut and in southern towns, while the Lebanese army reported sporadic Israeli shelling and urged residents to delay full retu…
Officials and church leaders said hundreds of thousands of Cameroonians were assembling in Douala ahead of a Mass led by Pope Leo, the likely high point of his four-country Africa tour. The pope, described as outspoken on war and inequality, was scheduled to touch down after a helicopter transfer from Yaounde and to spend roughly four hours in the …
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced intensified pressure to resign after it emerged that his former ambassador to the United States failed security vetting but nevertheless assumed the post. The government says Starmer was not informed that foreign office officials had overruled the vetting recommendation, and a senior civil servant at the fo…
President Donald Trump said a diplomatic resolution to the war with Iran may be close, signaling potential weekend talks and a possible trip to Islamabad if an agreement is signed there. A 10-day truce between Lebanon and Israel came into force, while mediators report progress in negotiations and markets reacted to hopes the wider Middle East confl…
Hennepin County prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with two counts of second-degree assault after alleging he drew and pointed his service weapon at two people in another vehicle on a Minneapolis-area highway in February. The county attorney said the case may be the first criminal charge tied to ICE actions …
South Korea's Unification Ministry on Friday stated it was unaware of any formal U.S. protest or restrictions on intelligence cooperation after a report said Washington was unhappy about public remarks by Minister Chung Dong-young regarding a previously unconfirmed North Korean nuclear facility at Kusong. The ministry said it had explained that the…
Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing has approved an amnesty for 4,335 inmates, state television reported, marking the third sizable release of prisoners in the past six months. The announcement did not identify individuals included, but said 179 were foreign nationals who will be deported. The move also involved commutations and sentence reductions…
China has intensified diplomatic outreach aimed at ending the Iran war while calibrating its language and actions to preserve a smooth summit between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in mid-May. Beijing’s energy dependence on the Middle East and a desire to protect broader bilateral objectives with Washington are shaping a cauti…
Around 40 countries will convene in Paris to signal readiness to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a lasting ceasefire or end to hostilities allows. The meeting, chaired by France and Britain, aims to reaffirm support for freedom of navigation, address shipping industry pressures and outline preparations for a strictly defensive multinational m…
According to two U.S. officials cited by CBS News, Todd Lyons, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has told colleagues he intends to depart the agency in June. The announcement comes as ICE faces sustained criticism over enforcement tactics tied to the administration's immigration crackdown and after a January inciden…
A recent assessment indicates about 5.8 million Haitians - over half the population - are projected to face acute food insecurity in the coming months, with more than 1.8 million in emergency conditions requiring urgent assistance. The report attributes the crisis to expanding armed group control, mass displacement, economic shocks and repeated dis…
The Department of Homeland Security has detained Iranian academic and media commentator Yousof Azizi and is pursuing deportation after alleging he lied on his visa application about membership in Iran’s Student Basij. Civil rights advocates say the move is part of a broader pattern of targeting critics of U.S. policy in the Middle East and raise co…
U.S. officials have privately informed several European countries that scheduled deliveries of contracted weapons are likely to be delayed as munitions and systems are redirected to support military operations tied to Iran. The affected buyers include nations in the Baltic and Scandinavian regions. Some of the items were purchased through the Forei…
